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  • Death of Two RMR Cadets Remembered

    Valcartier, 30 July 2014 – Members of the RMR Family joined victims and families in remembering the 1974 grenade explosion at the Cadet Summer Training Centre at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, during a…

    July 30, 2014

  • RUSSIA MOBILIZES FOR WAR

    July 30th 1914:   Russia ordered a general mobilization on this date. Great Britain received a German proposal which did much to change Britain’s “overwhelmingly pacific” attitude.  The Germans wanted Britain to remain…

    July 30, 2014

  • RMR TEAM BACK FROM NIJMEGEN

    Westmount, 28 July 2014 – In July of 2014, the RMR sent a contingent of soldiers to take part in the Annual Nijmegen Marches.  Held in the Netherlands, “the Four Days Marches” is…

    July 29, 2014

  • Austria Declares War on Serbia: 28 July 1914

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY – 28 July1914:   On this day Austria declared war on Serbia.  Many Canadians believed the conflict would prove to be a “Balkan affair” of minor significance. Sadly…

    July 28, 2014

  • Serbia Appeals For Help: 1914

    THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:  July 24, 1914, the Serbian regent, Alexander sent a telegram to Russian Tsar Nicholas II in the middle of the so-called July Crisis of 1914.  One day…

    July 24, 2014

  • Gala Tickets On Sale

    Westmount, 23 July 2014 – The RMR Foundation has launched ticket sales online for their Centennial gala ball which will be held on Saturday 01 November 2014 at the RMR’s Armoury on…

    July 24, 2014

  • RMR VC Winner Featured in Postmedia article

    Westmount, 15 July 2014 – The RMR’s second Victoria Cross recipient George Burdon McKean, a native of Edmonton, Alberta, was featured in an article written as part of their ongoing series on The…

    July 15, 2014

  • RMR Nimegan Team Video Released

    Westmount, 08 July 2014 – The Public Affairs of 2 Division have put together and released an excellent short video on the progress of the RMR Nijemegan team. The Nijmegen Marches represent…

    July 8, 2014

  • OLYMPIC SUMMER

    Written by Buzz Bourdon (late the RMR 1975-82) The summer of 1976 was a good one for the soldiers of the RMR. The Olympic games were being held in Montreal and if you wanted…

    July 7, 2014

  • RMR ASSOCIATION PULLS THROUGH AGAIN!

    Westmount, 06 July 2014 – The “RMR Summer Racing Party” held at the exclusive party room in Chateau St-Ambroise was a smashing success on Saturday night!  Onsite was the original Ferrari driven…

    July 6, 2014